Official Discussion Thread (Ghost Edit)

[Alycs]

Brony does seem to have poor connotations now tho.

I'm pretty sure it always did, still bothers me when fans of the show say they hate Bronies though.

Its not so much I dislike bronies as an idea but I do highly dislike the incredibly pervasive attitude of gross misogyny and rampant entitlement that this particular fandom harbors to a far greater degree than any other I've seen.

[Acsii]

Brony does seem to have poor connotations now tho.

I'm pretty sure it always did, still bothers me when fans of the show say they hate Bronies though.

Its not so much I dislike bronies as an idea but I do highly dislike the incredibly pervasive attitude of gross misogyny and rampant entitlement that this particular fandom harbors to a far greater degree than any other I've seen.

This so much this

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

I just try to distance myself from fandom discussion because the drama seemingly never ends. I don't need to hear about every single time someone starts flaming about this con or that artist or whatever. From the look of it though, it's kinda calmed down a bit aside from this whole "Equestrians" thing. Which by the way isn't a very imaginative name. Also I don't get the gender nuetral part. Girls call eachother 'guys' and 'dude' all the time, I've never heard any complaints about those words (coming from anyone reasonable anyway).

[Stuntddude]

Yeah, about that... I've seen worse fandoms. There are worse fandoms.

[GunInYrFaic]

Yeah, about that... I've seen worse fandoms. There are worse fandoms.

Like the AoT fandom, those guys pretty much ruin Attack on Titan for me. Then there are the obnoxious-as-hay Homestuck "trolls" who often spam more memes than most Tumblr users. And don't get me started on the "Beliebers" and the Twihards.

[Acsii]

In my eyes the Brony fandom is the worse just because of how hypocritical they are... and there's also that small really damn sexist part of the Brony fandom.

[eery]

Honestly, "fandom" never really made sense to me the way people put it. People treat it like a organized religion, where everyone have a similar set of beliefs and so on. We don't, there's no Jesus and God is dead. It's way more abstract if you are in the fandom or not.

Some people would say its enough to watch the show, which alienates the people that have no intrest in joining a cult. Other people would say there's certain requirements. ("love and tolerate", have an OC, participate by making some sort of fanart.) It's weird too, especcially in other fandoms, like if I reblog a funny comic about AoT, apparently I'm in the fandom now, even though I only sorta liked it, and thought it was good enough to finish.
I'd say this goes for a lot of other fandoms too.

With just that really, how wouldn't that attract people from all levels of disgusting, everything from maybe-not-even-human-being to godsend?

Honestly, I've never had problems with "asshole" bronies, as I tend to avoid assholes in general. I don't care if they go on their entire life believing the same things, actually a lot of the time I feel its selfdeserved. It's not like they're going to live a very happy life upholding the things they believe anyways. So I don't feel like arguing with them, sure I don't really feel like becoming friends with them either, but that's sort of obvious.

I feel people say "Argh, this fandom is so bad" just like a lot of people say "Oooh, I hate all people" or similar statements that likes to make you feel like the world is conspiring against you. Well, thats what I take from it anyway, might be people mean it differently, idk.

[S.P.P]

Honestly, "fandom" never really made sense to me the way people put it. People treat it like a organized religion, where everyone have a similar set of beliefs and so on. We don't, there's no Jesus and God is dead. It's way more abstract if you are in the fandom or not.

Some people would say its enough to watch the show, which alienates the people that have no intrest in joining a cult. Other people would say there's certain requirements. ("love and tolerate", have an OC, participate by making some sort of fanart.) It's weird too, especcially in other fandoms, like if I reblog a funny comic about AoT, apparently I'm in the fandom now, even though I only sorta liked it, and thought it was good enough to finish.
I'd say this goes for a lot of other fandoms too.

To me, fandom and fanbase are two different things. In my view, you describe a fanbase, where people are simply fans of a thing; whereas a fandom is where people try to follow things to do with the subject matter and active engage with the show (taking it on board, "learning the lessons", generally taking this shit sprsrsly). So in my opinion, yeah the fandom can suck at times, but the general fanbase is fairly lax.

Again, this is just my viewpoint and I doubt others share it with me. And I don't think I described my point very well but eh..

[Freewave]

....still bothers me when fans of the show say they hate Bronies though.

Its not so much I dislike bronies as an idea but I do highly dislike the incredibly pervasive attitude of gross misogyny and rampant entitlement that this particular fandom harbors to a far greater degree than any other I've seen.

This so much this

I understand that there's all kind of good and bad elements in this fandom. I guess i don't think the misogyny is indicative of anywhere near a prevalent attitude OF the fandom. After all it would pretty ironic if nerdy guys love a feminist show about female ponies so that they could all hang out with other guys and be misogynistic about it. I'm sure some 16 year old dweebs may just do that, but if thats the case then clearly they aren't paying any attention to the morales in the show or the beliefs of the majority of the fanbase. I will say this fanbase does need more female representation to counter that (and not hanging out at the sides of the fandom but being active collaborative part of it) and we do need to pull people aside when they are acting like jackasses.

[S.P.P]

So I've finally gotten round to starting a pone YouTube channel, and whilst making the banner a wallpaper fell out. So here's a wallpaper for anyone who might want it.

Spoiler Wallpaper:

Back on topic, I think the vast majority of bronies are really chill and don't get involved with drama, but the minority seem to get all the attention and bring the rest of us down with them.

[ph00tbag]

I think misogyny in bronydom is not because bronies are given to misogyny or anything. Misogyny is ingrained in our psyches from before we're even old enough to like MLP over anything else. Even those of us who try to avoid being sexist are given to sexism because our culture primes us for it. To say that bronies are unique in that kinda gets away from the point that sexism is literally everywhere. So it's all well and good to make fun of bronies being douchebag MRAs who love fedoras and hate women, but it's necessary to recognize that these guys are the product of a much more insidious force, and that force is not borne of MLP.

[GunInYrFaic]

Back on topic, I think the vast majority of bronies are really chill and don't get involved with drama, but the minority seem to get all the attention and bring the rest of us down with them.

In the end, we blame the vocal minority. Not really surprising...like...at all. Seriously.

[S.P.P]

Back on topic, I think the vast majority of bronies are really chill and don't get involved with drama, but the minority seem to get all the attention and bring the rest of us down with them.

In the end, we blame the vocal minority. Not really surprising...like...at all. Seriously.

Say it ain't so though.

[GunInYrFaic]

Back on topic, I think the vast majority of bronies are really chill and don't get involved with drama, but the minority seem to get all the attention and bring the rest of us down with them.

In the end, we blame the vocal minority. Not really surprising...like...at all. Seriously.

Say it ain't so though.

I have honestly ran out of comments for this topic.

[Acsii]

Woo sitting on a GPA of 6.5 :) this makes me happy

[Alycs]

Do GPA's work differently in Australia because over here a 6.5 GPA would mean you were little less than a goddess (4 is the highest tabulated score over here, you can usually get a few points higher - I had a 4.13 - if you don't bend them to a curve)

Either way good job!

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

I'm not sure what my GPA is at jmc, but I'm passing everything pretty well. Speaking of which I have my last exam of the trimester today. Looking forward to going home and switching off after all these exams :p

[Acsii]

Do GPA's work differently in Australia because over here a 6.5 GPA would mean you were little less than a goddess (4 is the highest tabulated score over here, you can usually get a few points higher - I had a 4.13 - if you don't bend them to a curve)

Either way good job!

In aus there are two scales. The 4 scale and the 7 scale my uni uses the 7 scale

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

And the exam is over. Time to go home and stop using my brain

[Acsii]

And the exam is over. Time to go home and stop using my brain

I find it funny. You finished tri today... I started my second tri today

[JSynth]

Do GPA's work differently in Australia because over here a 6.5 GPA would mean you were little less than a goddess (4 is the highest tabulated score over here, you can usually get a few points higher - I had a 4.13 - if you don't bend them to a curve)

Either way good job!

You probably could get up to a 5.0 gpa if the gpa scores are weighted. (meaning the honors kids get a higher gpa.) Though a 5.0, if possible, would be incredibly difficult to achieve.

[Alycs]

I was homeschooled so there wasn't anything such as "honors" really the only reason I managed to get a higher than 4 was because I got a higher than 100% overall score on my physics class I took at a local college...

[Ricky Denzel]

I been knew about this, but I forgot they made videos about it,

[GunInYrFaic]

I been knew about this, but I forgot they made videos about it,

They're making a series based on Don't Hug Me I'm Scared.
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Yep...we're doomed.

[Viricide Filly]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9UEUGpBJGg so someone stole my remix of SlyphStorm and then sent it to Slyph even though he knows about my remix.
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